Author: I'M ACTUALLY UPDATING!!! FINALY!!! YEAH!!. Oh, and you herd of the story "Destiny Seven?" that's my friends story and I want you to review him. It only has three chapters anyway.

Sora: HEY!! I thought you were going to humiliate him!!!

Me: OH YEAH!! (Mental image of Chris, Dustin and Steven fighting millions of Mr. Smiths Kung Foo Style in the matrix)

Sora: LOL.

Me: if you knew each one of them personally, you would laugh. Just read his story he's desperate. His penname is " ChoasSora99." Plus I'M the one who told him about this site. Heheh.

Riku: Whatever..

Me: Enough for now. READ!!!

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Ch. 8

Sora summoned his Oblivion key blade to his hand and ran full speed down the hill toward the town. He knew in his heart it had been along time since he had last fought any heartless. There was no knowing if they had changed over the time or were more powerful then before. And for the first time in awhile fear grew in his heart. He knew that he was alone in this battle and would have to take them all on his own.

Sora gritted his teeth and ran faster aiming " blizzarga" Spells at the flames in front of him. As soon as they diminished, he could make out small shops and a road which they faced. He ran straight to the center of the road and soon enough, millions of heartless began to come toward him.

For a second Sora froze. Gazing at the horrid black creatures which had made his life a living hell. Never again had he hoped he would have to face such things. Things that were once a shadow of the past and had come back to haunt him.

Sora squeezed his eyes shut. "I never want to see these things again…NEVER!"

He raised his Keyblade and began to slash and hake at the heartless. With every hit a memory came flooding back to him, he had wished away. Images of hallow bastion, Riku, Ansem, maleficent. THey swirled around in his head causing tears to well up in his eyes.

Without thinking, he raced down the street killing the heartless in his way.

"I need help," he thought. "I can't do this on my own…"

He suddenly found himself in the middle of what he guessed, was the town square. Heartless surrounded him from all sides and he decided it was time to try some good old magic again.

Sora raised his key blade. "I SUMMON TINKERBELLE!!!"

The keyblade began to glow and from out of nowhere, a sparkling white light appeared near the keychain and flew up toward his face.

He smiled. "Hi Tink. Long time no see."

Tink smiled back and twirled around him landing a quick kiss on his cheek.

Sora laughed. "Nice to see you too. You think you can keep my health up while I beat the crap out of these guys?"

She smiled importantly and crossed her arms over her chest with a nod.

"Thanks." Sora got into fighting position as the heartless came nearer and Tink hovered above his head. He raised the key blade and jumped up in the air. "FIRAGA!" Fire shot out of the end and hit the heartless below him in one shot. He landed back on the ground and soon, the heartless waiting in the back came at him from all sides. Their beedy yellow eyes blazing with anger.

As the battle raged on, Soras magic meter had gone down seriously low and he had come to the one choice of using only normal attacks. Heartless he had never seen before had begun to make an appearance and an impression as Sora realized they were stronger.

"Why isn't anyone coming!?"

Soon Soras magic meter had come down to Zero and he was exhausted. Tink zoomed above him frantically healing him over and over again, until suddenly she was hit from an attacker below and fell toward the swarm of heartless.

"TINK!! NO!"

Sora dived and caught Tink in the palm of his hand. Heartless plowed over him digging their claws into his back and ripping and tearing at his flesh. He felt his key blade disappear from his hand and he held Tink close to his chest to keep her from getting hurt.

"DAMN IT! Im helpless!! I got to get free!"

He struggled to get up but felt teeth sink into his neck and with a cry fell back down. Blood was dripping from his body and he could feel it running down his torn back. Pain was all he felt in body and mind. His friends did not come to save him. No matter how much he yelled at them. Did they take him seriously and now they hated him?

As these thought twirled through his head, he became suddenly aware of someone pulling him up by the arm and shaking him frantically. "Sora? SORA!?"

He opened his eyes and looked up to see Riku and Kiari gazing at him worriedly as the others fought in the background.

"You O.K?" kiari asked.

Suddenly the feeling of hatred flowed back into Sora and he jumped out of her grasp as if he had been shocked.

"I'm fine.." he said quietly keeping his gaze to the ground.

Riku sensed Soras stubbornness and he gritted his teeth. 'We came here to help you. And if we wouldn't have come sooner you would have died."

" …..I can take care of my self!" Sora shot back. He glared straight into Riku eyes and for a slight second the darkness that Riku assumed was gone, shone through his eyes and hit Riku smack in the face.

"Sora, control yourself. Don't be mad at us." Kiari told him calmly.
Riku looked at her and realized she had seen the darkness too.

Sora took another step back. He didn't want to be mad at them. He wanted his friend back. However, something inside him told him not too.

" Sora. We're really sorry for keeping everything from you. Come on.. We could talk it out. I don't want us to be enemies." Kiari pleaded.

Sora didn't say anything but continued to stand their with a glare pasted on his face. How he wanted to run into Kiaris arms and forgive her. But he knew that afterward he would feel like a complete idiot and they would let him know it.

The heartless around them began to dwindle at Leon, Yuffie, Mickey and the other fought. And Sora continued to stand their in front of Kiari and Riku. Waiting for someone to give in.

Sora shook his head and looked at the ground. "I want to but…."

Suddenly the heartless that remained around them disappeared quickly into the shadows and a great silence seemed to sweep across the town. Coldness spread to Soras fingertips and the key blade disappeared from his hand.

' Wha!?"

Suddenly Riku and kiaris eyes as the fell behind Sora. Something or someone was behind him. He could feel it.

"So, key blade master. You have arrived."

Sora was prepared to turn around but stopped when Mickey called him.

" Sora!! Don't turn around. Stay where you are!!"

Sora didn't look at Mickey but kept his eyes on the ground before him. It seemed as if cold, lifeless claws were pulling at him to turn around.

The stranger laughed. "Are you really going to listen to him Sora? After all the hurt he's put you through. "

Sora herd the strangers footsteps and felt a cold hand place itself on his shoulder.

"You do want to have the key blade anymore do you? You wish to live the life the way you want too. Without ever having to worry about saving the world."

Sora listened to the main closely. Everything he was saying… was true.

"Sora, don't listen to him!' Leon shouted. "Come here."

The hand tightened on his shoulder and it felt as if millions of frozen needles were stabbing into his flesh." ah…"

"I can take that all away from you…" The stranger hissed. "And then you can life your life to the fullest. Don't you want that?"

"Why you!" Riku leaped up in the air and slashed his sword at the stranger with a cry of rage.

For a second Sora thought, Riku was aiming at him, but realized he was wrong when the stranger held up his hand and his friend was sent realing back into the window of the nearby shop.

" RIKU!" Anger rose in Sora and he summoned his key blade and turned around.

The stranger before him was hooded and cloaked in black shielding his face from view. He carried a black key blade in his hand and a metallic like glove on the other. All at once, he realized this was the leader of shadows.

Sora raised his Keyblade to attack, but with out warning the man raised his hand and plunged it into Soras chest.

"SORA! NO!!"

Shock filled his body and a scream began to rise in his throat. Everything around him swirled in a whirl of darkness and the cries and shouts of his friends were lost to him as he felt the hand tighten on what he knew was his heart.

"Darkness wants you Sora." The man hissed. "And it will have you."

And with that, shadows swirled around in front of Soras vision and he blacked out as him and the stranger disappeared in a whirl of color.

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Yeah.. I know. Cliffhanger. I hate to leave you here, but I must because im going to blue lake fine arts camp tomorrow and wont be back for two weeks. Hope to get lots or reviews by then. SEE YA!!!

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